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Mayor-elect of New Orleans makes crime top priority
NEW ORLEANS (AFP) - Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu said Sunday reducing New Orleans' notorious violent crime rate would be his top priority, as the city strains to rebuild nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AFP)
2010-02-07
Gunman kills self in Ill. store, no others injured
MACOMB, Ill. - A man opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon inside an Illinois farm supply store Wednesday, sending customers and employees bolting for exits and seeking cover before he turned the gun on himself, authorities said. No one else was injured.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-02-03
Scientist convicted of trying to kill Americans
NEW YORK - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist was convicted Wednesday of charges that she tried to kill Americans while detained in Afghanistan in 2008, shouting with raised arm as jurors left the courtroom: "This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America."
Nations:U.S. Pakistan Afghanistan Source:(AP)
2010-02-03
Activist convicted for slaying Kansas abortion doctor
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - An anti-abortion activist who admitted he gunned down one of America's few late-term abortion providers was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday after he testified he had to stop the doctor from performing more abortions.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-31
Israel: Slain Hamas leader key arms smuggler
JERUSALEM - Israeli officials said Sunday that a Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai played a central role in smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza militants. But they refused to say whether Israel was responsible for killing the man it had sought for two decades.
Nations:Lebanon Israel Source:(AP)
2010-01-31
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